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Some Nebraska flavor in Wisconsin football program

Even before fans with Husker football tickets got a chance to warm up to their new Big Ten Conference, they will get a taste of their own medicine when they open up conference play this Saturday as the Huskers take on the top ten-ranked Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium.
Nebraska fans will find some eerily similarities to the program they have come to love and share so much passion for, from the team's colors to some of its offensive traditions.
The kinship starts at the top with the school's athletic director, Barry Alvarez. Longtime Husker football fans will remember Alvarez, who is a 1969 graduate of the University of Nebraska. He played his college football under legendary coach Bob Devaney, and was an assistant and head football coach at two Nebraska high schools before he entered the college ranks as an assistant to Hayden Fry at Iowa in 1979.
Alvarez was a part of the coaching staff at Notre Dame during their national championship season in 1988 before he moved to Wisconsin, where he turned the Badgers into a Big Ten powerhouse and a perennial nationally-ranked program. Before his arrival, the Badgers had gone 9-36 in their previous four seasons. In the next 16 years, he went 118-73-4, won eight of 11 bowl games and coached three Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions. His back-to-back Big Ten championship teams in 1998-1999 were the school's first in more than a century, and he is one of 10 coaches in conference history to have won 100 games at one institution.
While not as prevalent in the history books, Wisconsin has had more than its share of high-profile award winners. Ron Dayne won the Heisman Trophy at Wisconsin, one of three Badger  players to win major awards during the Alvarez era.
As far as the history between Alvarez' alma mater and his current employer, the two teams have played each other five times, with Nebraska holding a 3-2 edge. Wisconsin won the first meeting between the teams in 1901 (18-0), but Alvarez' former coach beat Wisconsin in 1965 (37-0) and 1966 (31-3). Current Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne split two games against Wisconsin during his first two years as head coach, beating the Badgers 20-16 in 1973 and losing a 21-20 heartbreaker in Madison the following year. Saturday's matchup between Wisconsin and Nebraska will be the first meeting between the two teams in 37 seasons.
A lot of experts have designated this matchup as the potential matchup for the first Big Ten Conference Championship game this December in Indianapolis. Both teams will be playing their first conference games of the season in this Saturday's matchup, and the two teams are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, in the latest AP top 25 poll.
Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema has the Badgers playing at a very high level after taking over for Alvarez as head coach five years ago. He won his 50th game as head coach in last week's win over South Dakota, and his 50-16 record is among the top five winning percentages among active coaches with at least four seasons of experience in the FBS division.
The Badgers are capable of putting up a ton of points. Last year, they finished the season by scoring 201 points in their final three regular season games, including an 83-20 pasting of Indiana and a 70-23 walloping of Northwestern. They finished the season last year with an exciting matchup against TCU in the Rose Bowl, coming up short as the Horned Frogs rallied for a 21-19 win.
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Husker football to be featured on Big Ten Network

The Husker football program has enjoyed some incredible moments over the years, and fans with Husker football tickets will still remember some of the dramatic wins in recent Nebraska history.
Some of those great moments can be relived this weekend, as the Big Ten Network is going to feature the University of Nebraska as it enters into the conference on Friday. The network will spend the Fourth of July weekend featuring its newest member in some of its biggest football games in recent memory.
The network will officially welcome the University of Nebraska at 11 a.m. on Friday, and at 12 p.m. the will replay Nebraska's Orange Bowl win over Tennessee in 1998, a game that was the last for legendary coach Tom Osborne and resulted in Nebraska winning the national championship (new conference foe Michigan shared the title that season, winning the AP writers' poll).
Features on Nebraska's wins over Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl will be shown, as well as features on the 1994, 1995 and 1997 national championship teams. Also scheduled are replays of the volleyball team's 2006 national championship win over Stanford and last year's win over Missouri in the final conference football matchup between the two long-standing foes.
The conference network will also have a live chat with former Husker football standout Ahman Green, as well as interviews with coaches Bo Pelini (football), Doc Sadler (men's basketball), Darin Erstad (baseball), John Cook (volleyball) and Rhonda Revelle (softball). Osborne, now the school's athletic director, will also be featured this weekend.
It should be a fun weekend for Husker football fans, and will get fans in the mood for what should be an exciting season of college football as Nebraska officially joins the Big Ten Conference.
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Husker football games get start times

If you have Husker football tickets for the 2011 college football season, you can start making more definite plans about when to be at the stadium to watch Nebraska do battle at Memorial Stadium.
The University of Nebraska announced this week that the first three games on the schedule now have start times. Nebraska will play Tennessee-Chattanooga on Sept. 3 and Washington on Sept. 17 at 2:30 p.m., while the Sept. 10 game against Fresno State will kick off at 6 p.m. All three games will be televised, but only the Washington game is set for a specific network. It will be shown as a regional game on ABC, with non-regional fans being able to see the game on ESPN.
The Huskers do have start times for five other games on the docket, including 7 p.m. kickoffs at Wisconsin on Oct. 1 and at home against Ohio State on Oct. 8, a 6:30 p.m. kickoff at Wymoing on Sept. 24, a 2:30 p.m. date with Minnesota on Oct. 22 and an 11 a.m. start for the season finale at home against Iowa on Nov. 25. All five of those games have broadcast plans. The Minnesota and Iowa games are on ABC, the Wisconsin and Ohio State games will be on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2, and the Wyoming game will be seen on the Versus network.
With the announcement this week, it means eight of Nebraska's 12 games have start times and either definite or pending TV plans. Yet to be determined are home games against Michigan State on Oct. 29 and Northwestern on Nov. 5, and road tilts at Penn State on Nov. 12 and Michigan on Nov. 19.
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Nebraska to battle three conference foes on TV

Nebraska football tickets will be a hot item this coming season, especially with the Huskers facing three Big Ten Conference foes on TV this fall.
The Big Ten announced some of its key games that will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 this season, and the Huskers' first two conference games will be played under the lights on national television.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Huskers kick off conference play on the road against Wisconsin, making the trip to the home of the Badgers for the first time since 1974, when they lost a 21-20 heartbreaker.
The following Saturday, Oct. 8, Ohio State makes its first-ever voyage into Lincoln to meet the mighty Huskers, as the defending conference co-champion Buckeyes will meet Nebraska in Memorial Stadium. This will be the first meeting of the two powerhouse programs since 1956.
One other conference game has already been guaranteed for TV for Nebraska, as their Nov. 25 season finale against Iowa at Memorial Stadium will be on TV. A time and network have yet to be determined.
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Huskers hit the road to face Washington

The Huskers are 2-0 on the season after a 38-17 win over Idaho on Saturday, and Husker football tickets are available to watch Nebraska as they get their first major test of the year this Saturday when they travel to Seattle to take on the Washington Huskies.
The Huskies are coached by Steve Sarkisian, who made his mark as offensive coordinator under Pete Carroll during USC's glory days in the previous decade. He has taken over a once-proud Washington program that has fallen on hard times, and has them playing well heading into Saturday's game.
Washington's player to watch is quarterback Jake Locker, an outstanding signal-caller who is getting early hype for the Heisman Trophy. They also have a quality running back in Chris Polk, who rushed for more than 1,100 yards last year, and a pair of quality receivers who will go after secondaries.
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Nebraska opens with two pay-per-view games

If you are looking for Husker football tickets for the 2010 season, be prepared to attend games that will be televised on a pay-per-view basis.
Nebraska begins the 2010 season at home against Western Kentucky on Saturday, Sept. 4, and that game will be shown by Fox Sports Net on a pay-per-view basis. Kickoff of the game is 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium, and will be the first of two pay-per-view games for the Husker football team.
The following week, Nebraska will play on pay-per-view as they take on Idaho in an 11:30 a.m. game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 11. That game will also be shown by Fox Sports Net.
Nebraska's only non-conference road game of the year will be Saturday, Sept. 18, as they meet Washington in Seattle for a 2:30 p.m. CDT game that will be broadcast on ABC. The televised status of the final non-conference game, Saturday, Sept. 25 against South Dakota State, has yet to be determined.
The Husker football team has two Big 12 games already scheduled for TV appearances. They will play at Kansas State on Thursday, Oct. 7 on ESPN, and will conclude the regular season with their final game against longtime nemesis Colorado on Friday, Nov. 26 on ABC.
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Huskers heading to the Big 10

The college sports landscape was shaken to its core Friday with the announcement that the Husker football program will be playing in the Big 10 Conference beginning in 2011.
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the recommendation of chancellor Harvey Perlman and athletic director Tom Osborne to leave the Big 12 Conference and begin play in the Big 10 Conference starting in 2011. The move will include all of the sports at Nebraska, but football is the main reason for the switch.
Nebraska will play one more season in the Big 12 this year before leaving the conference. The move came one day after Colorado announced its intention to move to the Pac 10 Conference in 2012.
The talk of conference shifts has been going on for several months, but reached a fever pitch during last week's Big 12 meetings in Kansas City. The Husker athletics program was given an ultimatum by the conference to announce its intentions within a week's time, and that announcement came Friday afternoon as the Board of Regents unanimously approved a resolution announcing Nebraska's departure from the Big 12, which it had been a part of since its inception in 1996.
The decision to expand will likely put the Big 10 in a position to stage a conference championship game, which the Husker football program would likely be a contender for, depending on how divisions are set up by the conference. It is likely Nebraska would join with Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Northwestern in a Big 10 West Division, but the conference has yet to make any decisions in this regard.
The 2010 season will be the final year for Husker football fans to see teams like Texas and traditional foes Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State and Colorado. Don't miss out on a chance to see the Huskers' swan song in the Big 12 Conference. Get your Husker football tickets now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.